This campaign, sponsored by the Interagency Youth Working Group (IYWG) was launched at the 2011 International Conference in Family Planning. The messages you find on these pages were written by professionals and practioners working in the field of youth sexual and reproductive health, youth advocates, and by young people themselves.
Answer the Call was developed to increase international attention to young people’s health and development and to move the commitments made in the Abuja Call to Action into practice. Please join us in supporting young people and in spreading the word about their sexual and reproductive health needs.
About the IYWG:
USAID’s Interagency Youth Working Group (IYWG) provides global technical leadership to advance the reproductive health and HIV/AIDS outcomes of young people ages 10-24 in developing countries by:
- Sharing research and programmatic results and lessons on youth reproductive health and HIV/AIDS with youth health and development communities
- Promoting strategies that move promising research findings and best practices
into programs and policies - Advocating for greater focus on youth within reproductive health and HIV programs
The IYWG was formed in 2007 as a network of nongovernmental agencies, donors, and cooperating agencies with an interest in improving the sexual and reproductive health of young people.
FHI 360 serves as the secretariat of the IYWG and carries out global dissemination of information on youth sexual and reproductive health research, programs, and materials. We manage the content for this website and the IYWG blog, produce a bi-monthly electronic synthesis of new youth-related research and resources (Youth InfoNet) and a series of research briefs (YouthLens), and host technical meetings and consultations. In addition, FHI 360 develops tools and resources on youth sexual and reproductive health to support evidence-based programs.
About the YHRC:
The Youth Health and Rights Coalition is comprised of 16 advocacy and implementing organizations that, in collaboration with young people and adult allies, are working to advance the sexual and reproductive rights and health of adolescents and youth around the world. The Coalition advocates with key decision-makers to prioritize funding and support for comprehensive adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive rights and health policies and practices. Their goal is to ensure that young people in the developing have the information, tools, commodities, and quality services necessary to make healthy and informed choices about their own lives.
